Education PhD RESEARCHER – PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTUniversity Of the Free State – South Africa: Policies & Development Studies: Local Development§ Decentralized and participatory local development§ Agriculture Economics & Development Studies§ Rural & Community Development (CBOs ad NGOs)§ Strategic development Planning (participatory planning and budgeting)§ Decentralization and Local Governance (Public and civil sector)§ Local development, Participation and Accountability§ Monitoring and evaluation of development programme at district level

2004: UNCDF - United Nations Capital Development Fund: Programme Specialist - Decentralization, Governance and Local Development. UNCDF Mozambique Country team Leader.Decentralization & Local governanceParticipatory Governance & Local Development

Thematic focusNational and Sub-national institutional focus: Institutional development of subnational government and community institutions and of their inter-relations, in a selected area.Innovation in practice and procedures: Procedures and practices for local planning and budgeting, procurement, implementation, management and monitoring and – overall – for the enhancement the effectiveness, efficiency and accountability of local bodies in poverty reduction-related activitiesPerformance-linked funding facility: Providing local governments with a development budget support facility allowing regular, transparent and sustainable allocations to local bodiesPolicy impact and Replication: Assist both the regulatory framework reforms and the implementation of national policy in decentralization and local governance, fiscal decentralization and local service delivery, and local public sector.Effective capacity building: Capacity of sub-national governments to plan pro-poor service delivery, as well as to implement and monitor them, and assess local development policies and strategies.

Academic and professional Interests:My academic research interests include: Agriculture and Rural Development, Policy & development Strategies, Decentralization and Local governance, Local Economic Development, Governance management and participatory planning, Community Development & Consultation, institutional Capacity Building; Reform; aspects of poverty reduction, Economy of development, Investment & financial project analysis , Microfinance & financing small scale enterprises (SMEs), Rural and District Finances, Public Policies and Local administration, Trade & globalization, international trade & economic relations, regional integration in Southern Africa.Specialist Skills: extensive experience in field research, rural and local development, Agricultural Development and Project management, with the use of a multi-disciplinary approach and Research Applied methodologies; leading multi-disciplinary consultancy teams.

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